All Eyes On Sakshi-Marwa Bout At PWL

Colors Delhi Sultans will face Haryana Hammers at the KD Jadhav Indoor Stadium in New Delhi on Wednesday.

However, in the second season of Pro Wrestling League encounter, all eyes will be on between Sakshi Malik and Marwa Amri in the 58 kg category bout.

While Sakshi became the first Indian woman wrestler to win an Olympic medal, Marwa created history as she was first woman medallist from her country, Tunisia. It makes the tussle between two wrestling icons more interesting.

Both grapplers are yet unbeaten in the league. However, being a marquee player, Sakshi has got more opportunities and is playing like a champion. She never let her opponents score a point in her both bouts. First, she defeated Jaipur Ninja’s Pooja Dhanda and later outmuscled national champion Manju. On the other hand, Marwa has got just one bout, in which she has performed impressively.

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Meanwhile, Sakshi’s fiancé Satyavart Kadian, who has registered a massive 14-4 win over Krishan Kumar of NCR Punjab Royals, will face a tough challenge from former world champion Abdusalam Gladisov.

The good news for Delhi is that their Mongolian grappler Erdenebat Bekhbayar in 57kg and Indian grappler Bajrang Punia in 65kg are now completely fit and will be crucial against Haryana. Even in 74kg weight category, Praveen Rana has better record than his counterpart Sumit Sehrawat.

Amongst women, Rio Olympic silver medalist Mariya Stadnik of Azerbaijan and Alina Makhynia of Ukraine possess a good challenge against their weaker opponents. Mariya will face Indu Choudhary while Alina will take on Kiran in the 75kg category.

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The challenging bout will be in 53kg category between Sofia Mattsson and Sangeeta Phogat, along with bout between World champion Magomed Kurbanaliev and David Tlashadze of Georgia in 70kg.

Delhi team co-owners Anurag Batra and Gaur Gupta are confident of Sakshi’s win.

“She is a champion. She has not just raised India’s reputation at the international level but has also given a new direction to women in her country to follow their dreams,” they said.

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On the other hand, Haryana team’s co-owner is of opinion that no one can stop their team now.

“We have a current world champion, a former world champion, an Olympic silver medalist and one bronze medalist. We are the title contenders for sure,” he said.

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